Influence of Novel Coronavirus COVID – 19 and HIV: A Scoping Review of Hospital Course and Symptomatology (original) (raw)
BackgroundAn outbreak of novel coronavirus (SARS- CoV-2) was observed on December 2019 in Wuhan, China which led to a global pandemic declared in March 2020. As a consequence, it imposed delirious consequences in patients with underlying co – morbid conditions that make them immunocompromised. The purpose of this paper is to provide an in - depth review of influence of COVID – 19 in patients with underlying HIV in terms of mortality and hospitalization.Authors also aim to provide a thorough risk analysis of hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality of PLWH and COVID-19. The secondary objective was to analyze the CD4+ count variations and outcome of COVID - 19 and to correlate if ART provided a protective role. Authors also aim to provide an evaluation of typical clinical presentation of COVID-19 in PLWH. ART is found to show activity against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro, and there is some similarity in the structure of HIV-1 gp41 and S2 proteins of SARS-CoV since they both belong to +ssRN...
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